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Next item to tackle was a combination of where/how to anchor the steering cable to the handle pole and how to lock the handle pole to the hood. I took my time with making sure that I had the steering cable position correct and then made the mounting bracket. The end result looks okay.

The next step was to get the steering arm on the correct side and lengthen it. The stock X2 has the steering cable on the right side and the SXR has the steering cable on the left. Found that by flipping the arm over and removing about 1/8” of material off of the end of mount – I could get the...

I ended up cutting off the angled ends of the original handle pole. To mount the plate, I found an aluminum bar that just fit inside of the legs of the handle pole. Using the mounting plate as a template, I drilled the handle pole and internal bars. I then tapped the internal bars to take the...

WFO Speedracer - Glad I'm not the only one to discover the 300SX. Making the bushings was fairly easy. Though I am concerned about parts swelling once they get wet. But since my design only has the handle pole pivot when I want to open the hood - I don't think it will be an issue. I'm right...

Vumad - Not sure what I may do about a seat. While the tray is bigger than a typical "old school" ski - it's still pretty narrow. Will see how this thing handles with the fixed steer and then move forward. Btw - B1 seat? I'm guessing you taking about a first gen Yamaha Blaster? Sorry -...

I created the design in a paper copy, and then out of some pressed wood material, and finally in 5/16” thick aluminum plate. The overall product turned out pretty well. I anticipate that I will get more flex from the stem and the handle pole structure than I will from the mounting plate deflecting.

After settling on the stock X2 steering stem, locating the plate and making a mounting plate was the next step. I whipped up a quick mount to hold the stem and then played around with the location on the handle pole. Once the location was set, I started with the actual plate design.

Next item was to remove the stock handle pole, measure the dimensions of everything, and spin up some custom nylon bushing. I picked up the stock material from McMaster-Carr for a fairly reasonable price.

The first thing that stood out is the fiberglass cover on the 300SX pole is wider down at the pivot point that a stock SXR pole. No worries though. Using a Dremel, removed the mounting rivets and then carefully ground out the epoxy “buttons” used to hold the left and right halves together. I was...

Once the steering stem was set, turned my attention to what type of mount/handle pole to use. Really wasn’t looking forward to trying to modify a stock handle pole. I worked with fiberglass in the past and the results always turned out looking like something a grade-schooler would make in art...

Really liked the X2 Gen2 steering stem. But quickly learned that they were never imported into the states. Looked at the original X2 stems – but they always looked “flimsy” to me. And a Umi X2 system was out of the question due to the price. However, after looking at the options, I decided to...

I would like to give a big shout out to Rotzinger over on PWC Today (http://www.pwctoday.com/showthread.php?t=495150) for inspiring me to take the plunge with the design/fabrication of my own fixed steer system. His post gave me the confidence to jump in and as Nike says - “Just Do It!”. While...

This is my first time documenting a build like this and as a new member of the forum – here goes. I rode a 05’ Sea doo 3D for 12 seasons. Yeah, I know all of the jokes that will follow – lol. But really liked the way the machine rode – even though it wasn’t a true stand-up. So last year, after...

Considering buying one myself. Have you ridden yours much yet and what do you think about it?

Those are some smokin' graphics - looks cool.